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Ben Seed

Business Intelligence Manager

Ben joined CZ’s analysis team in 2016 on a year long internship before returning to the University of Bath to complete an Economics Degree. Since re-joining in August 2018, Ben has led the data insights team in expanding the range and quality of data available internally and to clients through CZ App. Ben spent 3 months in CZ’s Singapore and Bangkok offices to expand his knowledge of the region and help roll out the latest data processes. He is now also responsible for the Sugar Market View published each week on CZ App.

Sugar
  • October 18, 2024

What’s The Latest With Raw Sugar Demand?

Insight Focus  Recent futures market move is restrictive for physical...

Sugar
  • July 19, 2024

What Is The Outlook For Russian Sugar Production?

Insight Focus  Russian Sugar production will fall in 2024/25 to 6...

Sugar
  • June 14, 2024

How Will The Drop In Sugar Price Impact Production?

Opinion Focus Sugarcane and sugar beet area has been growing in severa...

Sugar
  • April 26, 2024

Are Sugar Stocks Rising Again?

Insight Focus Global per capita sugar stocks are the lowest in at leas...

Sugar
  • March 13, 2024

Ask The Analyst: What Happened at the 2024 Dubai Sugar Conference?

Insight Focus Sugar conference delegates struggle to determine price d...

Sugar
  • January 26, 2024

Ask the Analyst: Why Is Raw Sugar Demand Weak In Q1’24?

Insight Focus Sugar prices remain high. Lower demand from China, Indon...

Ethanol Sugar
  • December 1, 2023

Ask the Analyst: How Much Sugar Will India Divert To Ethanol?

Insight Focus India needs to divert more sugar to ethanol to meet its ...

Sugar
  • September 22, 2023

Ask the Analyst: Will Europe Export More Sugar?

Insight Focus The EU will export at least 800k tonnes in 2023/24. Stoc...

Sugar
  • September 1, 2023

Ask the Analyst: When Will India Export Sugar?

Insight Focus Indian sugar exports are unlikely before May 2024. This ...

Sugar
  • July 14, 2023

Ask The Analyst: Should We Be Worried About India’s Monsoon?

Insight Focus Monsoon rains are now better than normal in Uttar Prades...

Sugar
  • June 2, 2023

Ask the Analyst: How Fast Can Sugar Production React To Higher Prices?

Insight Focus The world needs more sugar to be produced. Sugar prices ...

Sugar
  • April 7, 2023

Ask The Analyst: How Much Sugar Will India Produce Next Season?

Insight Focus We think India will produce 32.5m tonnes of sugar in 23/...

Sugar
  • March 31, 2023

Ask the Analyst: What’s Causing the High White Premium?

Insight Focus White sugar demand is still strong. Supply is struggling...

Sugar
  • February 17, 2023

Ask the Analyst: Why Are European Sugar Imports So Strong?

Insight Focus EU-27 sugar imports are the highest in 6 years. Sugar pr...

Sugar
  • January 6, 2023

Ask The Analyst: How Is The Start Of Thailand’s Cane Crush?

Opinions Focus Thailand should crush 98.5m tonnes of cane this season....

Sugar
  • October 21, 2022

Ask the Analyst: White Premium; What Is It and How Is It Calculated?

Insight Focus The difference between raw sugar and white sugar prices ...

Sugar
  • September 30, 2022

Ask the Analyst: What Markets Impact Sugar Prices?

Insight Focus Sugar prices tend to move with other Ags. These Ags all ...

Sugar
  • September 23, 2022

Ask the Analyst: Why Are Sugar Markets Tight When There Is A Production Surplus?

Insight Focus Global sugar production will exceed consumption this yea...

Sugar
  • September 9, 2022

Ask the Analyst: How Are High Energy Costs Affecting EU Sugar Producers?

Insight Focus Energy prices more than double EU sugar cost of producti...

Grains Sugar
  • August 5, 2022

Farmer Diaries (UK): Sugar Beet And Maize Struggle For Water

Insight Focus In this series, we’re following farmers around the wor...

Sugar
  • July 22, 2022

Ask the Analyst: How Much Sugar Will Europe Lose To Heat?

Insight Focus Much of Europe is facing below normal vegetation growth ...

Sugar
  • June 17, 2022

Ask the Analyst: Can India Export 8m Tonnes Of Sugar Next Season?

Insight Focus The Indian sugar industry is seeking permission to expor...

Sugar
  • April 14, 2022

Ask the Analyst: Currency Fluctuations and Indian Sugar Prices

Insight Focus In times of crisis, safe-haven currencies such as the do...

Sugar
  • March 25, 2022

Ask the Analyst: Indian Sugar Prices Hold Firm Despite Crude Oil’s Record Rally

Insight Focus Crude oil prices hit record highs following Russia’s i...

Sugar
  • March 18, 2022

Ask the Analyst: How Strong Indian Sugar Exports Might Shake Global Trade

Insight Focus India could export 7mmt of sugar in 2021/22, up 960kmt t...

Sugar
  • December 15, 2021

WTO Rules Against Indian Sugar Subsidies

India’s subsidies for sugar production are in breach of World Trade ...

Sugar
  • December 15, 2021

The World Needs More Sugar…Can Europe Help?

Global sugar production is hardly growing, whereas consumption is incr...

Sugar
  • December 14, 2021

The World Needs More Sugar…Can India Help?

India may become a net importer of sugar. We don’t think Indian cane...

Sugar
  • December 13, 2021

The World Needs More Sugar…Who Can Help?

Sugar production has hardly grown in the past 10 years. Sugar and etha...

Sugar
  • November 5, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 5th November 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • October 28, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 28th October 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • October 21, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 21st October 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • October 14, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 14th October 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data ...

Sugar
  • October 7, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 7th October 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive DataS...

Sugar
  • September 30, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 30th September 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • September 23, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 23rd September 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • September 17, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 17th September 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • September 9, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 9th September 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • September 2, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 2nd September 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • August 26, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 26th August 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • August 19, 2021

Pakistan: Sugar Production to Hit Five-Year High?

Pakistan’s sugar production could hit a five-year high in 2021/22. F...

Sugar
  • August 19, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 19th August 2021

Maharashtrian sugar prices have climbed 3.5% to 32.6 INR/kg. The price...

Sugar
  • August 12, 2021

Short Santos Waiting Time Reflects Poor Raw Sugar Demand

Waiting times for raw sugar vessels to berth at Santos in Brazil were ...

Sugar
  • August 9, 2021

India’s White Sugar Exports Drop to 9-Month Low

India’s mills have almost exported a record 6.5m tonnes of sugar so ...

Sugar
  • August 5, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 5th August 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • July 28, 2021

Food Inflation Hits Developing Countries

After a decade of falling prices, many commodities have strengthened i...

Sugar
  • July 23, 2021

Ask the Analyst: Futures Positioning and the White Premium

The refined market is weak, and this has hit the white premium. In som...

Sugar
  • July 22, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 22nd July 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Ethanol Sugar
  • July 9, 2021

Ask the Analyst: The Future of Indian Sugar Export Subsidies

We think that the Government wants to avoid paying sugar export subsid...

Sugar
  • July 8, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 8th July 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • July 8, 2021

India: 2020/21 Sugar Exports Set New Record

India’s mills have exported 6.15m tonnes of sugar so far this season...

Sugar
  • June 25, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 25th June 2020

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • June 17, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 17th June 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data ...

Sugar
  • June 11, 2021

Can India Export Sugar Today? 11th June 2021

Note: You can monitor India’s export parity in the Interactive Data...

Sugar
  • June 10, 2021

India Exports Sugar Without a Subsidy

India’s mills are exporting sugar without a subsidy. We therefore th...

Sugar
  • May 26, 2021

Russia Imports Duty-Free Sugar to Curb Inflation

Russia is going to import duty-free white sugar. This is to control do...

Sugar
  • May 21, 2021

Ask the Analyst: EU Sugar Imports and Brazilian Consumption

We think sugar production in the EU-27 and the UK will rebound to 17m ...

Ethanol Sugar
  • April 16, 2021

Ask the Analyst: EU Sugar Consumption in 2021/22

We think the EU-27 will consume 16.2m tonnes of sugar in 2020/21, up 5...

Sugar
  • February 16, 2021

March Whites Expiry: Short Squeeze

There is not a lot of deliverable refined sugar available for the comi...

Sugar
  • January 7, 2021

Container Danger: Box Shortages & Sugar

A global container shortage is disrupting supply chains. If white suga...

Sugar
  • January 5, 2021

Indian Sugar Production Pushes On at Record Pace

By the end of December, India’s sugar production totalled 11.02m ton...

Sugar
  • August 20, 2020

Pakistan Imports Sugar for First Time in Five Years – Chart Of The Fortnight

Pakistan has bought 300k tonnes of white sugar for arrival in Septembe...

Sugar
  • August 19, 2020

French Farmers Given Back Tool to Fight Beet Yellows Virus

France might remove the ban on neonicotinoid beet seed treatments that...

Sugar
  • August 14, 2020

Brief Market Overview: Refined Market Supported by Poor Crops

The white sugar market has traded sideways for the last two weeks, str...

Sugar
  • August 13, 2020

Worst Russian Sugar Production in Five Years

Russia will produce 5.5m tonnes of sugar this season, down by over 25%...

Sugar
  • May 7, 2020

Coronavirus and Sugar Consumption: First Fall in 40 Years

508 words / 2.5 minute reading time Global sugar consumption will fall...

  • April 15, 2020

EU Beet Farmers Welcome Ideal Conditions

364 words / 2 minute reading time  EU sugar production will not m...

Sugar
  • March 27, 2020

EU Prices Should Weaken as Sugar Consumption Falls

526 words / 2.5 minute reading time The EU’s sugar consumption will ...

Sugar
  • March 19, 2020

Sugar Production Continues, Despite Coronavirus

344 words / 1.5 minute reading time Depending on how the coronavirus b...

Sugar
  • March 19, 2020

India Production: Maharashtra Up, Other States Down

374 words / 2 minute reading time Indian sugar production will exceed ...

Sugar
  • March 16, 2020

Coronavirus and Sugar Consumption

253 words / 1 minute reading time We have reduced our global sugar con...

Sugar
  • March 4, 2020

Indian Sugar Production: Relying On Uttar Pradesh

402 words / 2 minute reading time  India will likely produce 26.5...

Sugar
  • January 21, 2020

Why Is Australian Sugar Replacing Thais Into Japan?

484 words / 3 minute reading time Since 2014, shipments of Thai raw su...

Sugar
  • December 6, 2019

What Can Be Done To Solve Cane Burning in Thailand?

571 words / 4.5 minute reading time Mills will now face a THB 12/mt fi...

Sugar
  • October 23, 2019

Russian Sugar Exports Accelerate

388 words / 2.5 minute read Russian production is on track to be at le...

Sugar
  • September 11, 2019

EU Beets Still Struggling

EU sugar production is likely to fall short this year. This means that...

Sugar
  • August 15, 2019

EU Set For Production Deficit

We think EU production may fall below last year’s drought affect...

Sugar
  • July 9, 2019

Russian Sugar Production – Another Record Year?

Russian beets have been planted in record numbers per hectare.  G...

Sugar
  • April 8, 2019

French Beets All Planted

French beet planting has ended; rea is a little lower than we had expe...

Sugar
  • March 25, 2019

Little incentive for 19/20 EU exports

We expect the EU to remain tight through 19/20 with consumption greate...

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